ITV Play of the Week The Investigation (Season 12, Episode 27)
TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

ITV Play of the Week

The Investigation (Season 12, Episode 27)

TV Episode | Comedy, Drama

A faithful recreation of a war crime trial that took place in Frankfurt in 1964. Twenty years after the war eighteen ordinary Germans are brought to trial for mass murder.

Writer

Peter Weiss

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 7, 1967

Release date

Mar 7, 1967 (United Kingdom)

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31 cast members

Name	Known for
Alan Webb Judge Judge See fewer	King Lear (1970)
Peter Copley Counsel for Prosecution Counsel for Prosecution See fewer	Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
John Paul Counsel for Defence Counsel for Defence See fewer	Eye of the Needle (1981)
George Sewell Witness Witness See fewer	Get Carter (1971)
William Moore Witness Witness See fewer	Sorry! (1981)
Laurence Payne Witness Witness See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
Daphne Heard Witness Witness See fewer	To the Manor Born (1979)
Eve Pearce Witness Witness See fewer	Penelope (2006)
Tony Church Witness Witness See fewer	Krull (1983)
Basil Henson Witness Witness See fewer	The Final Programme (1973)
David Waller Witness Witness See fewer	All Passion Spent (1986)
Gerald Sim Witness Witness See fewer	Frenzy (1972)
Andre Van Gyseghem Defendant Defendant See fewer	The March of the Peasants (1952)
Grant Taylor Defendant Defendant See fewer	On the Beach (1959)
Richard Hurndall Defendant Defendant See fewer	Oil Strike North (1975)
William Sherwood Defendant Defendant See fewer	The Dark Island (1962)
Jack Austin Defendant Defendant See fewer	ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
Arthur Hewlett Defendant Defendant See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
John Woodnutt Defendant Defendant See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Michael Hall Defendant Defendant See fewer	Ooh La La! (1968)
Manning Wilson Defendant Defendant See fewer	Kenilworth (1957)
Duncan Taylor Defendant Defendant See fewer	Gazette (1968)
Ernest Hare Defendant Defendant See fewer	A for Andromeda (1961)
Richard Leech Defendant Defendant See fewer	A Night to Remember (1958)
Rex Boyd Defendant Defendant See fewer	The Corridor People (1966)
Ray Gatenby Defendant Defendant See fewer	Are You Being Served? (1972)
Donald Layne-Smith Defendant Defendant See fewer	ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1969)
Keith James Defendant Defendant See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
George Waring Defendant Defendant See fewer	Mixed Blessings (1978)
Victor Brooks Defendant Defendant See fewer	Goldfinger (1964)
Michael Scott Self - Introduction (as Mike Scott) Self - Introduction (as Mike Scott) See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)